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Mr Aylett
etching
sheet: 329 x 205 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1808
Published:
[London] : Pubd Novr 24. 1786 by W. Lewis N° 15 Great Newport Street, [1786]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
London attorney Edward Aylett was found guilty of perjury and sentenced to stand in the pillory for one hour in the Palace Yard, Westminster.
Library's copy trimmed with loss of imprint.
Summary:
Print shows Aylett standing to front in the pillory, whole length, looking downwards. A realistic representation, not caricatured. Includes inscription: 'Drawn & Etch'd by the Person who had permission to stand next the Pillory.' Cf. BM Satires.
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